Episode reviews for the second season Options

[Dr. Casey]

I'm going to order MKR Season 2 for my birthday coming up, so I'll give my thoughts on the episodes after watching them like I did with the first season.

[Dr. Casey]

Episode 34: Hikaru and Friendships Torn Apart

Some things have gotten in the way the past few days such as Thanksgiving and schoolwork (Anatomy and Physiology 2 was a bitch). Now that we've gotten that out of the way, it's back to the important stuff. Ahem. Early in the episode Nova showed Hikaru some altered scenes from the past... which I think were unintentionally funny. Umi's flippant delivery of "Stop crying because it's all your fault" and "No way" were great. While it fools her at first, Hikaru soon gets a grip on herself and reality. Hikaru 1, Nova 0. At first I thought that Hikaru's "love" for Lantis was a bit abrupt, but after a bit of thinking it seems that's not the case. He is Zagato's younger brother, first of all, so she started off with something to work with, and in some cases it's easy to figure out the kind of person someone is.

As if last episode's revelation wasn't enough, this episode lays on another. Caldina's attraction to Lafarga caught me off-guard, although I have to say I'm liking it. Lafarga's a good man and an interesting character, so any subplot which involves him is fine with me. He also warmed up to her extremely quickly. Seriously, they were making out less than a minute after Caldina made her feelings known. Lafarga, you pimp. The scenes with Umi and Fuu trying to level with Celece and Windam were both good to watch. I wonder if the Mashins will continue to be humanized throughout the series. Hmm. Anyway, they both get kidnapped and the credits start, so off to the next episode I go.

Rating for Episode 34: Good

Badass Scene of the Episode Award: The scene with Lantis talking to the clingy kid was badass because it had Lantis in it. ... yeah, not many episodes have genuinely badass moments, but I'm not dropping this thing.